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diy accounting

Why DIY accounting costs more in the long run

When you're handling every aspect of your business, getting your creative venture off the ground is no easy feat. If you add DIY accounting to the mix, it will ultimately sap more time and money from your business compared to outsourcing the job to an expert accountant.

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vat threshold

What to do if you’re close to hitting the VAT threshold

If your creative business is making a good turnover, at some point you’ll need to think about registering for VAT.

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corporation tax

How much do you need to save for corporation tax?

The answer isn’t as straightforward as money in/money out, so it’s worth explaining the difference in how we manage this tax.

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Employee vs freelancer

Employees or Freelancers? What’s better for your creative business?

Has hiring freelancers seemed like the best option for scaling your business or do you wonder if it’d be more cost effective to employ people in-house?

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Make your creative business work for you

How to make your creative business work for you

Taking a strategic approach can go a long way to getting the things you want out of your creative business.

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What is the future of accounting?

What is the future of accounting?

The accounting profession has recently started to undergo a major shift. The ‘traditional’ desktop hosted accounting packages, spreadsheets and paper-based record keeping are swiftly moving towards cloud based systems. Accounting looks to follow many other industries where cloud-technologies are disrupting the status quo. This evolution has been brought about by advances in technology and changes ...

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How to pay yourself

So, you’ve taken the jump into self-employment. You’ve won your first client and done the work. Now how do you get paid? Quite simply, you must issue an invoice to your customer and provide with them with the means of making a payment. What an invoice must contain Firstly, the document that you produce must ...

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What is the future of accounting?

VAT explained: the guide

Value Added Tax (VAT) is a tax which is levied on the sale of good and services by VAT registered businesses in the UK.

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Stock market numbers

Can I invest funds from my limited company in the stock market?

This is a question that I am often asked by clients seeking higher returns on their cash than they would otherwise achieve from a bank...

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